Noun
I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.
My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself. Verb
She's always beefing about something.
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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Noun
For one day only—Friday, March 28—fans flocked to the temporary establishment to hear Sheeran perform while drinking Guinness and noshing on classic bar fare, including roast beef sandwiches and french fries.—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025 Those who crave meat can improve their diet health score and reduce their dinner’s carbon footprint by over 50% by simple substitutions–like replacing beef with chicken in tacos or beef burgers with turkey burgers.—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
This scale difference also feeds into the initial combat, as to get leveled up enough does feel overly arduous, whereas the mecha feel more suited for going out and beefing yourself and your party up in terms of stats.—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Also super awkward is whatever is happening with Kyle and Craig, who are still beefing over Craig and his alcohol investment that may or may not have happened.—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beef
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov-, bos head of cattle — more at cow
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